Leslie Marmon Silko

October 31, 2026

Leslie Marmon Silko is a Native American author whose emergence in the 1970s coincided with a revival of interest in Native American culture in North America. Silko is of mixed white, Hispanic, and Native American...

Postmodern & Other Poetry

Prayer to the Pacific by Leslie Marmon Silko | Summary and Analysis

By Kedar N. Sharma -

October 31, 2026

The poem Prayer to the Pacific by Leslie Marmon Silko on the surface level describes the poets visit to the Pacific Ocean. But if viewed from the background of Native-American culture, the poem is of...

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